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Latvia UNESCO world heritage sites

Ergli municipality

Sestu-Kalns Struve Geodetic Arc in Sausneja on P79
These are points of a survey, carried out between 1816 and 1855 by several scientists (surveyors) under leadership of the astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, which represented the first accurate measuring of a long segment of a meridian.

Jekabpils municipality

Jacobstadt Struve Geodetic Arc in Jekabpils at Rudolfa Blaumana Iela
See above.

Kuldiga municicipality

Old Town of Kuldiga @
Located in the western part of Latvia, the town of Kuldīga is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a traditional urban settlement, which developed from a small medieval hamlet into an important administrative centre of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia between the 16th and 18th centuries.

Riga municicipality

Historic Centre of Riga @
It is generally recognized that Riga has the finest collection of art nouveau buildings in Europe.